Ayşe İrem Aycan Özer

Research Assistant, Strategy, Istanbul

Ayşe İrem Aycan Özer is a PhD student in Political Science and International Relations program at Bogazici University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University and completed her master's degree in Istanbul Sehir University. She is a research assistant at the Directorate for Strategic Studies at the SETA Foundation.

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This analysis shows that although the United States was a security partner of both the EU and Turkey when it decided to no longer commit to responding to its allies’ security concerns, the latter took over the responsibility of ensuring their national defenses.